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Iva frutescens / Spartina cynosuroides Tidal Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Iva frutescens / Spartina cynosuroides Tidal Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This brackish tidal shrubland occurs on the mesohaline portion of tidal rivers of the Chesapeake Bay on poorly drained peat overlying sand and mucky sand. This vegetation forms linear bands along levees and bordering tidal guts. Microtopography is relatively flat and lacks pronounced hummocks and hollows. The shrub canopy is moderately dense and codominated by <i>Iva frutescens</i> and <i>Spartina cynosuroides</i>. Other associates include <i>Baccharis halimifolia</i> and <i>Hibiscus moscheutos</i>. The species diversity of this vegetation is relatively low; associated herbs are often found on the edge of the stand and may include <i>Amaranthus cannabinus, Atriplex patula, Lythrum lineare, Polygonum punctatum, Schoenoplectus americanus, Solidago sempervirens, Spartina alterniflora</i>, and <i>Spartina patens</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35276-{8025D25A-4D5D-4AEA-B4C4-ECF0A28BD635}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 2
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Jun-2007 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.721920 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006847
  Translated: Jesuit's-bark / Big Cordgrass Shrubland
  Common: Brackish Shrubland
  Scientific: Iva frutescens / Spartina cynosuroides Tidal Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Iva frutescens / Spartina cynosuroides Tidal Shrubland
(similar) Iva frutescens / Spartina cynosuroides Tidal Shrubland